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GBIBBING PLATE. n Y No. 287577.v Patented O'ot. 30, 1883..

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UNITED STATES AUGUST QUINQUE, OF HARLEYSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- Y SELF AND J. REINHART Z.

PATENT GEEIOE.

KEELOR, OF SAME PLACE.

CRI BBING-PLATE.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,577, dated October 30, 1883.

Application i'iledAugust E29, 1881i. (No model.)

`new and Improved @ribbing-Plate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de- This invention seeks to provide a practical device, to be placed upon horses teeth, to prevent ory cure them from' cribbing; and to this end the invention consists of the construction,

arrangement, and combina-tion of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

v Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor- Y responding parts in both the gures.

Figure l is a perspective view, showing the method of applying my new cribbing-plate; and Fig. 2 is a full .perspective view of the cribbing-plate.

a c represent two slightly-curved plates, oi' steel. At their Outer ends these kplates are formed with the loops or hooks b b, which are adapted to hookjover the teeth Oi' the horse, as shown in Fig. l. At their adjacent ends the plates a. a are formed with the corresponding lugs, c c, through which the screws d d pass for drawing the plates a a together for causing the hooks b b to grasp the teeth of the horse.

Upon the screws d d, between the adjacent ends of the plates a a, is placed the stapleplate f, which is formed with the arms e e, that are adapted to be passed between the two front teeth of the horse, and to be clinched against the back of the horses teeth for holding the device in the center.

At g g the plates a a are made of considerable width, so that when in place they' project Constructed in this manner it will be see and for the purpose set forth.

below the horses teeth in front, as shown in Fig. 1, so that when the horse brings his teeth in contact with any object in the attempt to crib, the device will be forced upward against his gums and cause pain, and thus eiiectually prevent and ultimately cure him from crib-l loing.

that the device may be very easily applied to the horses teeth without boring or otherwise injuring the teeth, and as easily removed, and

that it will not make the horses mouth sore,

as the device comes against thev iiesh only at the moment of attempting to crib, and that by means of the screws d d the device may be adjusted to iit any horses mouth.

Having thus fully described my invention,

VI claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl 1. The cribbing-plate herein shown and described, consisting oi' the hooked plates ce a, and the central fastening-plate, f, the plates c a being adapted to be drawn together by screws, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. Y

v 2. The combination, with the curved plates a a, of the staple-plate f, held between the adjacent ends of the said plates by the clampingscrews d d, and provided with the arms e e, substantially as herein shown and described,

8. The plates a c, provided with the hooks b, the lugs c, and the projections g, in combination with the screws d and the staple-plate f, substantially as herein shown and described.

AUGUST QUINQUE. 

